it wasn't supposed to be manned >In 2006, Boeing proposed a similar concept for missile launch, this time using an unmanned variant of the F-15E Strike Eagle with the launch vehicle mounted dorsally instead of ventrally. Boeing designated this variant as the F-15 Global Strike Eagle (GSE).
Not everything is a Nazi copy dumbass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_N-1M
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-35
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-49
Northrop just has an obsession with flying wings.
Not everything is a Nazi copy dumbass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_N-1M
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-35
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-49
Northrop just has an obsession with flying wings.
would this have actually been a decent fighter in WW2? Doesn't seem very maneuverable to me
They didn't learn anything from this flying wood deathtrap >but muh jet engerinos
moron, the autists back in lockheed were already flying jet aircraft before this shitbox was captured >but muh claimed stealtherino coat
bullshit, radar was in its infancy back in the day, and northrop even did a study back in the 2010's and found out it was bullshit.
If this crap was so valuable, why didn't the morons behind it came to america with operation paperclip?
Pure unadulterated Amerimutt cope, Jack Northrop was making propshit when nazis were way ahead of them in flying wings. If you're gonna cope about muh first then look at the Dunne D1 which was the brits.
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ALSO Jack had zero input on the B2, only saw it after it was complete.
Speaking of which, I read this week that Air Force won't be outfitting F-15 with conformal fuel cells.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/no-conformal-fuel-tanks-for-first-f-15ex-operational-units > conformal fuel tanks extend range > aero efficient > also provide multiple additional hardpoints for holding air-to-air, air-to-ground munitions
More gas and more munitions, more capabale
chAir Force doesn't want it.
Cynical thought: chAir Force wants to get rid of the F-15 and dump all "savings" to Next Gen Sexy Weapons Platform.
Key West accord of '47 was a mistake.
More likely that they Know they will be handed down within their service life to the Air Nat Guard and don't want the Air guard to, even inb theory, be able to reach out an touch another nation
Why wouldn't you put it on a B-52?
Because a B-52 can't ramp to Mach 2 so you can Begin using RAM/SCRAM jets
>eject
>brain smashes into missile
Only people who fail need to eject.
it wasn't supposed to be manned
>In 2006, Boeing proposed a similar concept for missile launch, this time using an unmanned variant of the F-15E Strike Eagle with the launch vehicle mounted dorsally instead of ventrally. Boeing designated this variant as the F-15 Global Strike Eagle (GSE).
>full speed
>afterburner on
>turn upside down
>release the missile
Kino
Why can't ameriflaps be cool like Hitler?
When they build silly stuff it's never cool, just gay.
But it is cool.
That's why it wasn't built.
Coolest thing they did was qn advancement from German planes
Not everything is a Nazi copy dumbass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_N-1M
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-35
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-49
Northrop just has an obsession with flying wings.
would this have actually been a decent fighter in WW2? Doesn't seem very maneuverable to me
It doesnt need to be hyper maneuverable when it can outrun and outclimb you.
That being said it was a concept ahead of its time
damn thing is an entire wing with a frame made of wood. I'm sure it could turn, but every other axis of movement (roll and yaw) I'm sure it was ass at
boom and zoom, b***h
I thought it was meant as a bomber interceptor? Just needs to climb high and dive on slow moving bomber formations.
How to instantly expose yourself as a moron, demonstrated by anon
>noooo they had no influence from it despite studying it
How to make yourself look moronic in a single post
Clearly the germans copied the N1
They didn't learn anything from this flying wood deathtrap
>but muh jet engerinos
moron, the autists back in lockheed were already flying jet aircraft before this shitbox was captured
>but muh claimed stealtherino coat
bullshit, radar was in its infancy back in the day, and northrop even did a study back in the 2010's and found out it was bullshit.
If this crap was so valuable, why didn't the morons behind it came to america with operation paperclip?
Pure unadulterated Amerimutt cope, Jack Northrop was making propshit when nazis were way ahead of them in flying wings. If you're gonna cope about muh first then look at the Dunne D1 which was the brits.
ALSO Jack had zero input on the B2, only saw it after it was complete.
Speaking of which, I read this week that Air Force won't be outfitting F-15 with conformal fuel cells.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/no-conformal-fuel-tanks-for-first-f-15ex-operational-units
> conformal fuel tanks extend range
> aero efficient
> also provide multiple additional hardpoints for holding air-to-air, air-to-ground munitions
More gas and more munitions, more capabale
chAir Force doesn't want it.
Cynical thought: chAir Force wants to get rid of the F-15 and dump all "savings" to Next Gen Sexy Weapons Platform.
Key West accord of '47 was a mistake.
More likely that they Know they will be handed down within their service life to the Air Nat Guard and don't want the Air guard to, even inb theory, be able to reach out an touch another nation